UNO is making a habit of coming back in seemingly lost home games, sending it to overtime then winning. It happened again Wednesday night when University of Texas-Pan American forward Justin Leathers missed a shot with four seconds left as the Privateers held on for a 75-73 overtime victory at Lakefront Arena.

UNO forward Kevin Hill made two free throws with .1 second left at the end of regulation to tie the game at 67-67 to send it to overtime.

It was UNO’s second overtime home victory in its last three games. The Privateers defeated the New Jersey Institute of Technology, 96-94, in three overtimes on Jan. 21.

“At the end of (regulation), it seems to a lot of people it was over,’’ UNO point guard Rarlensee Nelson said. “But like Coach (Mark Slessinger) preaches every morning, we have to keep fighting. We never can get our heads down. We kept fighting and the result was a win.’’

Nelson, who finished with 21 points, eight assists and six rebounds, hit what would be the game winning shot with 1:39 to play in overtime with a layup that gave the Privateers a 75-71 lead.

UTPA had two chances to tie or go ahead in the final seconds but missed on both attempts.

Broncos’ forward Lauri Toivonen’s shot from four feet missed with nine seconds left and UNO leading 75-73. UNO’s Cory Dixon grabbed the rebound with eight seconds to play and was fouled. But he missed both free throws.

UTPA (12-12) got the ball down court quickly after the rebound. But Leathers’ shot bounced off the rim, Dixon grabbed the rebound and held on, giving UNO (7-13) the victory.

UTPA seemed to have the game won in regulation when Brandon Provost hit a 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds left. Nelson ran quickly down the court with the ball for a last second shot but the ball was knocked out of bounds with .1 second left by the Broncos.

But UTPA’s Shaquille Hines fouled UNO forward Kevin Hill on the inbounds attempt, sending Hill to the line. He made both free throws to send the game to overtime.

“That’s something we work on every day in practice,’’ said Hill, a freshman from Ehret. “We’ll stop in the middle of practice and work on pressure free throws. I wasn’t that nervous. I think I’m a really good free throw shooter and I was confident.’’

UTPA used a 15-4 run to start the second half to take a 42-33 lead with 15:12 to play. But UNO responded with a 16-9 run to cut the lead to 51-49 with 7:33 to play.

UNO struggled from the field in the first half and fell behind 24-16 with 6:18 to play after two free throws by Shaquille Hines, who had 10 points in the first half.

The Privateers missed their first four shots from the field and missed five in a row at one point.

But UNO righted the ship when they fell behind by eight. The Privateers used an 11-1 run to grab a 27-25 lead with 2:04 left in the first half after a three-point play by Corey Dixon.

UNO made 4 of its final 5 shots from the field. Defensively, the Privateers turned up the heat as UTPA failed to make a shot from the field in the final 7:20 of the first half. The Broncos missed their final six shots from the field and had two turnovers in the final six minutes of the first half.

Nelson had 10 points in the first half for the Privateers, who shot 12 of 28 from the field in the initial 20 minutes. But UNO made 6 of its final 11 shots from the field in the first half.